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  • Military funeral held for 3 policemen in Beheira

    Date: 2016-10-02 17:51:22 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:75 - ID:5698777

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Oct 2 (MENA) - A military funeral was held Sunday in Beheira governorate for three policemen, who were killed in a terror attack in Sinai Beheira Governor Alaa el-Din Shawqi and senior officials of the governorate led the ....

  • Egyptian passenger arrested at Cairo Airport over attempt to smuggle drugs

    Date: 2016-10-02 13:07:32 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:48 - ID:5697349

    CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - Cairo airport authorities arrested on Sunday an Egyptian passenger after trying to smuggle weight-loss drugs and food supplements into Egypt. According to officials at the airport, the drugs seized cost about EGP ....

  • 3 killed in car accident in Alexandria

    Date: 2016-10-02 11:45:58 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:32 - ID:5696845

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 2 (MENA) - Three people were killed, including two brothers, in a car accident in Amiriyah district of western Alexandria on Sunday. Earlier, the tire of a car exploded at Kafrawi road leading the car to deviate from the road and ....

  • Huge fire in foodstuff factory in Port Said contained

    Date: 2016-10-01 10:25:02 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:5691261

    PORT SAID, Egypt, Oct 1 (MENA) - Civil Protection Forces managed to contain a huge fire that erupted early Saturday in a foodstuff factory in the industrial zone in southern Port Said. Ten fire engines were sent to the scene and fire fighters ....

  • 3 illegal immigration brokers arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2016-09-30 12:02:17 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:31 - ID:5686837

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Sept 30 (MENA) - Three illegal immigration brokers were arrested on Friday for massing youths seeking to travel to Italy illegally via the sea in return for money. The three are to be referred to prosecution for ....

  • 1 killed, 10 others injured in 2-vehicle crash in Qena

    Date: 2016-09-29 11:44:33 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:37 - ID:5681841

    QENA, Upper Egypt, Sept 29 (MENA) - A citizen was killed and 10 others were injured, including six school students, when two cars collided in Qena governorate. Earlier, a minibus and a car collided on Qaft-el Kohil road, killing a driver and ....

  • Death toll from capsized Rosetta boat climbs to 204

    Date: 2016-09-27 16:34:13 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:91 - ID:5671605

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Sept 27 (MENA) - The death toll from the Rosetta sunken boat has climbed to 204. Six bodies have been identified by their families and efforts are underway to issue permits to hand over corpses to their families, said an ....

  • Capsized illegal migration boat floated -- Official

    Date: 2016-09-27 11:53:34 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:5669153

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Sept 27 (MENA) - The illegal migration boat that capsized off Rosetta coast on Wednesday was floated, said an official source on Tuesday. Head of Motobos City, Ali Abdel Sattar added in press statements that 12 more bodies ....

  • 2 new hospitals to be built in Qalyoubia - official

    Date: 2016-09-26 20:57:31 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:69 - ID:5665717

    BANHA, Egypt, Sept 26 (MENA) - Two new hospitals will be set up in Qalyoubia, north of Cairo, said the governorate's top health official on Monday. A four-storey hospital will be built instead of the old one in Qanater Khairiya, said Naseef el ....

  • Academic year starts in new Arish University

    Date: 2016-09-25 22:18:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:79 - ID:5660117

    AL ARISH, Egypt, Sept 25 (MENA) – The academic year started Sunday in Al Arish University with saluting the Egyptian flag and playing the national anthem. The university was established upon a presidential decree in April. It comprises five ....

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